• Viktor Axmann – architect, Jewish
• Nikola Bašić – architect
• Vjekoslav Bastl – architect
• Julio Deutsch – architect, art nouveau style,
• Hugo Ehrlich – architect, Jewish
• Ignjat Fischer – architect, Jewish
• Stjepan Gomboš – architect, Jewish
• Vjekoslav Heinzel
• Leo Hönigsberg – architect, Jewish
• Lavoslav Horvat
• Drago Ibler
• Viktor Kovačić – architect
• Slavko Löwy – architect, Jewish
• Rudolf Lubinski – architect, Jewish
• Paskoje Miličević Mihov – architect
• Vlado Milunić – architect
• Juraj Neidhardt – architect
• Velimir Neidhardt – architect
• Stjepan Planić – architect
• Vjenceslav Richter – architect
• Vladimir Šterk – architect, Jewish
• Anđeo Lovrov Zadranin – architect

• Antun Augustinčić
• Lujo Bezeredi
• Andrija Buvina
• Ante Dabro
• Juraj Dalmatinac
• Branislav Dešković
• Ivan Duknović
• Dušan Džamonja
• Robert Frangeš-Mihanović
• Ivo Kerdić
• Albert Kinert
• Ivan Kožarić
• Frano Kršinić
• Vasko Lipovac
• Ivan Meštrović
• Oscar Nemon
• Dimitrije Popović
• Kosta Angeli Radovani
• Vanja Radauš
• Master Radovan
• Ivan Rendić
• Toma Rosandić
• Branko Ružić
• Ivan Sabolić
• Petar Smajić
• Aleksandar Srnec
• Marija Ujević-Galetović
• Maksimilijan Vanka
• Franjo Vranjanin

• Oskar Alexander
• Lovro Artuković
• Vladimir Becić
• Federiko Benković
• Lujo Bezeredi
• Charles Billich
• Nikola Božidarević
• Vlaho Bukovac
• Eugen Buktenica
• Bela Čikoš Sesija – painter, representative of symbolism: art-deco and art nouveau
• Menci Clement Crnčić
• Josip Crnobori
• Lovro Dobričević
• Jelena Dorotka
• Davor Džalto
• Marta Ehrlich
• Emerik Feješ
• Eva Fischer
• Alen Floričić
• Dragan Gaži
• Vilko Gecan
• Ivan Generalić – naïve art
• Josip Generalić
• Oton Gliha
• Petar Grgec
• Krsto Hegedušić
• Oskar Herman
• Josip Horvat Međimurec
• Mirko Ilić – cartoonist, graphic designer
• Nina Ivančić
• Oton Iveković
• Marijan Jevšovar
• Ignjat Job
• Drago Jurak
• Gabrijel Jurkić
• Vjekoslav Karas
• John of Kastav
• Albert Kinert
• Željko Kipke
• Mira Klobučar
• Juraj Julije Klović – portrait miniatures
• Tripo Kokolja
• Edo Kovačević
• Mijo Kovačić
• Ladislav Kralj
• Miroslav Kraljević
• Živa Kraus
• Kristian Kreković
• Vlado Kristl
• Tomislav Krizman
• Izidor Kršnjavi
• Ferdinand Kulmer
• Ivan Lacković Croata – naïve art
• Loren Ligorio
• Vasko Lipovac
• Zvonimir Lončarić
• Dora Maar – photographer, painter, model
• Andrija Maurović – illustrator
• Mato Celestin Medović
• Martin Mehkek
• Ivan Milat-Luketa
• Jerolim Miše
• Antun Motika
• Franjo Mraz
• Edo Murtić
• Virgilije Nevjestić
• Vera Nikolić Podrinska
• Alfred Pal
• Ordan Petlevski
• Ivan Picelj
• Dimitrije Popović
• Oton Postružnik
• Ivan Rabuzin – naïve art
• Josip Račić
• Mirko Rački
• Božidar Rašica
• Slava Raškaj
• Ivan Rein
• Martino Rota
• Đuro Seder
• Zlatko Sirotić
• Matija Skurjeni
• Petar Smajić
• Aleksandar Srnec
• Miljenko Stančić
• Slavko Stolnik
• Zlatko Šulentić
• Miroslav Šutej
• Marino Tartaglia
• Đuro Tiljak
• Ivan Tišov
• Lavoslav Torti
• Marijan Trepše
• Ana Tzarev – naïve art
• Milivoj Uzelac – painter
• Maksimilijan Vanka
• Vladimir Varlaj
• Ivan Večenaj
• Matko Vekić
• Mladen Veža – illustrator
• Emanuel Vidović
• Mirko Virius – naïve art
• Adolf Waldinger
• Viktor Đerek – photographer

• Ante Babaja
• Steve Bacic
• Relja Bašić – actor
• Branko Bauer
• George Beban – actor, director, writer and producer
• Ena Begović
• Mia Begović
• Rene Bitorajac
• Mirjana Bohanec
• Slavko Brankov
• Vinko Brešan – director
• Veljko Bulajić – ethnic Montenegrin film director
• Zlatko Burić – actor
• Boris Buzančić – actor
• Nathaniel Buzolic – actor
• Al Christy – actor
• Petra Cicvarić
• Christina Cindrich – television producer, host, and actress
• Zlatko Crnković – actor
• Zrinka Cvitešić
• Nataša Dorčić
• Vanja Drach
• Claire Du Brey – actress
• Vlatko Dulić – actor
• Boris Dvornik – actor
• Jenna Elfman – television and movie actress
• Stipe Erceg – actor
• Nela Eržišnik – actress, comedian
• Judah Friedlander – actor and comedian
• Mira Furlan – actress (Babylon 5, Lost)
• Stanka Gjurić – actress, writer, filmmaker
• Gallagher – comedian and prop comic
• Emil Glad
• Ratko Glavina
• Obrad Gluščević
• Ljupka Gojić – model
• Krešo Golik
• Frank Gorshin – actor and comedian
• Ivo Gregurević
• Gloria Grey – screen, stage actress and director
• Goran Grgić
• Rajko Grlić
• Fedor Hanžeković
• Ivan Herceg – actor
• Werner Herzog – film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director
• Alaina Huffman
• Željko Ivanek – actor
• Nives Ivanković
• Anne Jackson – actress
• Nataša Janjić
• Toni Jeričević
• Anthony Jeselnik – comedian
• Mladen Juran
• Sena Jurinac
• Jagoda Kaloper
• Saby Kamalich
• Sonja Kastl
• Ljubomir Kerekeš
• Michael Klesic – actor
• Matija Kluković
• Sylva Koscina – actress, model
• Mario Kovač – theatre and film director
• Robert Kurbaša
• Frano Lasić
• John G. Lenic
• Rachel Leskovac – actress
• Edvin Liverić
• Leon Lučev
• Branko Lustig – film producer (winner of two Oscar awards)
• Franjo Majetić
• John Malkovich
• Dalibor Matanić
• Nevio Marasović
• Branko Marjanović
• Ante Čedo Martinić
• Stojan Matavulj
• Mark Matkevich – actor
• Rene Medvešek
• Sven Medvešek
• Oktavijan Miletić
• Ivana Miličević – actress
• Vatroslav Mimica
• Ildy Modrovich – television producer, writer and singer
• Nina Morić – model
• Patrick Muldoon – actor
• Lorenzo Music – actor, voice actor, writer, television producer and musician
• Antun Nalis – actor
• Bojan Navojec
• Maja Nekić
• Antonio Nuić
• Zrinko Ogresta
• Marija Omaljev-Grbić
• Mia Oremović
• Krsto Papić – film director
• Leona Paraminski
• Frank Pavich – film director, producer
• Stjepan Perić
• Anton Perich – filmmaker, photographer and video artist
• Edo Peročević – actor, radio speaker
• Žarko Potočnjak
• Alma Prica
• Ivica Rajković - cinematographer
• Zvonimir Rogoz – actor
• Rick Rossovich – actor
• Branko Schmidt
• Lucija Šerbedžija
• Ivo Serdar
• Shaun Sipos – actor
• Marija Škaričić
• Mia Čorak Slavenska – prima ballerina
• Tonko Soljan – film and television producer
• Fabijan Šovagović – actor
• Filip Šovagović
• Gabriela Spanic – actress
• Lita Stantic – producer, screenplay writer, and director
• Nera Stipičević
• Yvonne Suhor – actress
• Ognjen Sviličić
• Nikola Tanhofer
• Vanessa Terkes – actress, TV show host in Latin America; her grandfather Cvjetko was Croatian
• Ivica Vidović
• Goran Višnjić – actor (ER)
• Zlatko Vitez
• Antun Vrdoljak – film director
• Severina Vučković – entertainer, actress
• Dianne Wiest – American actress
• Anthony Yerkovich – television producer and writer
• Matthew Yuricich – special effects artist
• Richard Yuricich – special visual effects artist
• Lordan Zafranović
• Louis Zorich – American actor
• Jim Zulevic – actor, comedian, TV writer, and radio host

• Ivan Belostenec – lexicographer
• Juraj Dobrila – cleric, benefactor
• Elsie Ivancich Dunin – cultural ethnologist, author, professor, choreographer
• Ljudevit Gaj – linguist, reformer
• Vatroslav Jagić – philologist
• Milan Kangrga – philosopher
• Bartol Kašić – lexicographer
• Juraj Križanić – social philosopher
• Franjo Kuhač – folklorist, ethnologist
• Jakov Mikalja – linguist and lexicographer
• Miroslav Radman – genetic biologist
• Stanislav Pavao Skalić – encyclopedist, adventurer
• Rudolf Steiner – philosopher
• Josip Juraj Strossmayer – cleric, benefactor
• Rudi Supek – philosopher
• Henry Suzzallo – educator
• Ante Topić-Mimara – art collector
• Vinko Žganec – folklorist, ethnomusicologist

• Gaja Alaga – physicist
• Giorgio Baglivi – physician and scientist from Ragusa
• Antun Karlo Bakotić – physicist and writer
• Mladen Bestvina – mathematician
• Ruđer Bošković – theologian, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, Jesuit and polymath
• Branko Bošnjaković – physicist, environmentalist
• Fran Bošnjaković – engineer, physicist
• Juraj Božičević – engineer
• Frane Bulić – archaeologist
• Predrag Cvitanović – physicist
• Milislav Demerec – biologist
• Andrija Dudić – naturalist, astronomer, physician
• William Feller – mathematician
• Andrija Fuderer – chemist, chess player
• Artur Gavazzi – geographer
• Marin Getaldić – physicist, mathematician
• Vladimir Jurko Glaser – physicist
• Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger – geologist, paleoanthropologist and paleontologist
• Stjepan Gradić – mathematician, philosopher, physicist, writer and polymath
• Mirko Dražen Grmek – physician, science writer and historian
• Branko Horvat – economist
• Željko Ivezić – astrophysicist
• Zvonimir Janko – mathematician
• Korado Korlević – astronomer, asteroid discoverer
• Oton Kučera – mathematician, physicist
• Zvonko Kusić – physician
• Jacob Matijevic – NASA engineer
• Eduard Miloslavić – physician
• Andrija Mohorovičić – geophysicist
• Stjepan Mohorovičić – physicist
• Grga Novak – archaeologist, historian
• Franjo Petriš – philosopher, humanist, writer and polymath
• Đuro Pilar – geologist
• Stjepan Poljak – physician
• Eduard Prugovečki – physicist, writer
• Miroslav Radman – biologist
• Paško Rakić – neuroscientist
• Goran Senjanović – physicist
• Zvonimir Šeparović – lawyer, (victimology)
• Ante Šercer – physician
• Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić – Roman Catholic priest, mathematician, writer, and musical theorist who wrote the first Croatian arithmetic textbook
• Marin Soljačić – physicist
• Andrija Štampar – physician, diplomat
• Marijan Šunjić – physicist
• Ivan Supek – physicist, philosopher
• Ćiro Truhelka – archaeologist and art historian
• Vladimir Varičak – mathematician, physicist
• Mirko Vidaković – forester, botanist
• Nikola Vitov Gučetić – statesmen, philosopher, science writer
• Zoran Vondraček - mathematician
• Faust Vrančić – philosopher, thinker
• Vladimir Vranić – mathematician
• Juan Vucetich – anthropologist, police official who pioneered fingerprinting
• Vladimir Žerjavić – statistician, economist

• Julije Bajamonti – composer
• Krešimir Baranović
• Blagoje Bersa – composer
• Jakov Gotovac – composer
• Josip Hatze
• Milan Horvat
• Ivo Josipović – composer, 3rd President of Croatia
• Igor Kuljerić – composer, conductor
• Fran Lhotka
• Clair Marlo – composer, real name Clara Veseliza
• Lovro von Matačić
• Johnny Mercer – American lyricist, singer-songwriter; co-founder of Capitol Records
• Lav Mirski
• Ivan Padovec – composer
• Boris Papandopulo – conductor, composer
• Dora Pejačević – composer
• Milan Sachs
• Luka Sorkočević – composer
• Franz von Suppé – composer of light operas, born and raised in the Kingdom of Dalmatia
• Josip Štolcer-Slavenski – composer
• Stjepan Šulek – composer
• Vjekoslav Šutej
• Ivo Tijardović – composer
• Ivan Zajc – composer

• Zlatko Baloković – violinist
• Max Emanuel Cenčić – countertenor
• Valter Dešpalj – cellist
• Sena Jurinac – opera singer
• Franjo Krežma – violinist
• Stephen Kovacevich – classical pianist
• Ivo Maček – pianist
• Lovro von Matačić – conductor
• Zinka Kunc-Milanov – soprano
• Maksim Mrvica – pianist
• Tomislav Mužek – tenor
• Ivo Pogorelić – pianist
• Ema Pukšec (Ilma De Murska) – opera singer
• Ruža Pospiš-Baldani – mezzo-soprano
• Vjekoslav Šutej – conductor
• Milka Trnina – soprano
• Dunja Vejzović – soprano
• Ana Vidović – guitarist
• Dubravka Zubović – opera singer and voice teacher

• 2Cellos – cellist duo
• Baby Lasagna - singer, songwriter, music producer and guitarist
• Lidija Bajuk – musician
• Zvonko Bogdan – singer and performer of traditional folk songs
• Michael Bublé – singer
• Mate Bulić – singer
• Tony Butala – singer of The Lettermen
• Colonia – dance music group
• Arsen Dedić – composer and singer
• Veljko Despot – discographer
• Darko Domijan – singer
• Oliver Dragojević – singer
• Doris Dragović – singer
• Sergio Endrigo – singer
• Flyer – band
• Gibonni – singer
• Davor Gobac – singer
• Bobby Grubic – songwriter/composer, singer, music director and producer
• Stjepan Hauser – cellist
• Dino Jelusić – rock singer, musician, and songwriter
• Delo Jusic – composer
• Tereza Kesovija – singer
• Mišo Kovač
• Josipa Lisac – singer
• Lorde – singer-songwriter, real name Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor
• Radoslav Lorković – folk and blues singer, pianist, accordionist
• Magazin – pop band
• Clair Marlo – singer-songwriter,composer,record producer, real name Clara Veseliza
• Miljenko Matijevic – rock singer (Steelheart)
• Branko Mihaljević – composer, writer, journalist and radio editor
• Sandra Mihanovich – singer, musician, and composer
• Guy Mitchell – singer (born Albert George Cernik)
• Alan Merrill – vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, actor and model
• Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milčetić) – jazz singer
• Tomo Milicevic – 30 Seconds to Mars
• Paul Mirkovich – musician, musical director
• Milan Mladenović – singer, guitar player
• Drago Mlinarec – rock singer-songwriter
• Larry Muhoberac – American musician, record producer, and composer
• Nikolija – singer
• Boris Novković – pop singer
• Krist Novoselić – rock musician (Nirvana)
• Jurica Pađen – rock singer-songwriter
• David Paich – American musician, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto
• Daniella Pavicic – singer-songwriter
• Marko Perković Thompson – rock singer
• Plavka - American singer
• Riva – band, 1989 Eurovision song contest winners
• Ivo Robić – singer
• Darko Rundek – singer and actor
• Saša, Tin i Kedžo – first Croatian boy band
• Krunoslav "Kićo" Slabinac – singer and composer of traditional folk songs
• Jura Stublić – rock singer
• Ivica Šerfezi – singer
• Miroslav Škoro – singer
• Luka Šulić – cellist
• Branimir Štulić (Djoni) – rock singer-songwriter
• The Bambi Molesters – rock band
• Elizabeth Anka Vajagic – singer/guitarist
• Johnny Vidacovich – drummer
• Siniša Vuco – singer
• Severina Vučković – pop singer
• Vice Vukov – singer

• Ivo Andrić – novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961
• Ivan Aralica – writer
• Franjo Babić – writer, journalist
• Zvonimir Balog – poet, writer
• Juraj Baraković – poet
• Milan Begović – writer
• Sabo Bobaljević – poet
• Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani – poet
• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić – writer
• Mile Budak – writer
• Dobriša Cesarić – writer
• Milan Crnković – writer
• Džore Držić – poet, playwright
• Blanka Dovjak-Matković – poet, writer
• Slavenka Drakulić – writer, journalist
• Tomislav Dretar – writer, politician, journalist, critic
• Marin Držić – writer
• Ignjat Đurđević – poet, translator, historian, astronomer and Benedict monk
• Viktor Car Emin – writer from Istria
• Filip Erceg – writer and socialist politician
• Đuro Ferić – poet
• Drago Gervais – poet and playwright, paternal French descent
• Đivo Šiškov Gundulić – poet, dramatist and nobleman
• Ksaver Šandor Gjalski – writer
• Stanka Gjurić – poet and essayist
• Ivan Gundulić – Ragusan poet
• Petar Hektorović – writer
• Miljenko Jergović – writer
• Marija Jurić Zagorka – novelist
• Andrija Kačić Miošić – poet
• Janko Polić Kamov – avant-garde writer
• Brne Karnarutić – poet
• Radoslav Katičić – linguist, classical philologist, Indo-Europeanist, Slavist and Indologist
• Snježana Kordić – linguist
• Ante Kovačić – writer
• Ivan Goran Kovačić – poet
• Ron Kovic – Vietnam War veteran, writer and peace activist
• Josip Kozarac – writer
• Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević – poet
• Miroslav Krleža – novelist, writer, philosopher, encyclopedist
• Eugen Kumičić – writer
• Tomislav Ladan – writer
• Božena Loborec – poet, writer
• Hanibal Lucić – writer
• Darko Macan – writer
• Vjekoslav Majer – poet
• Igor Mandić – journalist
• Ranko Marinković – writer
• Marko Marulić – writer
• Antun Gustav Matoš – poet
• Ivan Mažuranić – poet
• Šiško Menčetić – poet
• Slavko Mihalić – poet, writer, journalist
• Zvonimir Milčec – writer, journalist
• Mijo Mirković – writer, economist
• Vjenceslav Novak – writer
• Josip Novakovich – writer
• Janus Pannonius (Ivan Česmički) – Hungarian poet of 15th century, of Croatian descent
• Vesna Parun – poet
• Vlatko Pavletić – theorist of literature, essayist and critic, politician
• Mikša Pelegrinović – poet
• Dalibor Perković – writer
• Sanja Pilić – writer
• Paula Preradović – poet
• Petar Preradović – poet
• Ivan Raos – writer, journalist
• Matija Antun Relković – writer
• Milan Rešetar – writer (ethnic Serb)
• Paul Salopek – journalist
• Paul Skalich – encyclopedist, Renaissance humanist and adventurer
• Antonio Skármeta – Chilean writer
• Ivan Slamnig – poet, novelist, literary theorist, translator
• Sonja Smolec – poet and writer
• Antun Sorkočević – writer, diplomat, composer
• Višnja Stahuljak – writer
• August Šenoa – writer
• Antun Branko Šimić – poet
• Dinko Šimunović – writer
• Sunčana Škrinjarić – writer, poet, journalist
• Slobodan Šnajder – writer
• Antun Šoljan – poet
• Drago Štambuk – poet
• Dragutin Tadijanović – poet
• Mihály Táncsics – writer, teacher, journalist and politician
• Ante Tomić – writer
• Josip Eugen Tomić – writer
• Jagoda Truhelka – writer, pedagogist
• Dubravka Ugrešić – writer
• Tin Ujević – poet
• Mavro Vetranović – writer, Benedictine friar
• Viktor Vida – writer
• Mirko Vidović – writer
• Jeronim Vidulić – Renaissance poet, priest
• Grigor Vitez – poet
• Pavao Ritter Vitezović – writer, historian, linguist and publisher
• Ivo Vojnović – writer
• Stanko Vraz – poet (ethnic Slovene)
• Sonja Yelich – poet
• Dinko Zlatarić – poet, translator, considered the best translator of the Renaissance
• Petar Zoranić – writer
• Nikola Zrinski – poet, philosopher, soldier
• Aleksandar Žiljak – writer

• Madeline-Ann Aksich – businesswoman, philanthropist and artist
• Benedetto Cotrugli – merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist. Wrote the first description of double-entry bookkeeping.
• Mike Grgich – winemaker
• Victor Grinich – pioneer in the semiconductor industry
• Robert Herjavec – businessman, Herjavec Group, Dragons' Den and Shark Tank
• Antony Lucich-Lucas – engineer; crude oil exploration, Gulf Oil; Texaco
• Andrónico Luksic – Antofagasta PLC; richest Croat ever
• Michela Magas – designer, entrepreneur and innovation specialist
• Anthony Maglica – Maglite
• Branko Marinkovic – businessman^[1]
• Dietrich Mateschitz – Burgenland Croats; billionaire, owner of Red Bull corp.
• Nicolás Mihanovich – shipping magnate
• Boris Mikšić – Cortec Corporation
• Nikola Nobilo – wine maker^[2]
• Mario Puratić – inventor, businessman
• Bill Rancic – entrepreneur
• Al Ljutic – Ljutic Industries
• Mate Rimac – Rimac Automobili and Bugatti Rimac

• Edgar Angeli – Rear Admiral during World War II (ethnic Jewish)
• Vilko Begić – Colonel General during World War II
• Matija Čanić – General during World War II
• Bernhard Caboga-Cerva – Feldzeugmeister of the Austrian Empire
• Josip Kazimir Drašković – General in the Seven Years' War (1756–1763)
• Mato Dukovac – Croatian World War II fighter ace
• Mirosław Ferić – Polish fighter pilot of World War II, Bosnian Croat father
• Jure Francetić – Ustashe Commissioner
• Cvitan Galić – Croatian World War II fighter ace
• Ilija Gregorić – Military commander of rebels during the Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt
• Matija Gubec – leader of the Croatian and Slovenian peasant revolt
• Luka Ibrišimović – Priest and Hajduk
• Đuro Jakčin – Naval Commander and first Commander of the Navy during World War II
• Nikola Jurišić – nobleman, soldier, and diplomat
• Ivan Karlović – ban of Croatia
• Petar Keglević – ban of Croatia and Slavonia
• Vinko Knežević – nobleman and General in the Habsburg Austria Army
• Vladimir Kren – Major General and Commander of the Air Force during World War II
• Petar Krešimir IV of Croatia – medieval king and military leader
• Petar Kružić – heroic defender of Klis against the Turks
• Grgo Kusić – tallest Croat ever, tallest soldier of Austro-Hungarian Army
• Slavko Kvaternik – Minister of Armed Forces during World War II
• Ivan Lenković – Army general and the leader of the Uskoks
• Mladen Lorković – Foreign Minister and Minister of Interior during World War II
• Marko Mesić – priest and war hero from the Ottoman Wars
• Vladimir Metikoš – General during World War II
• Vladimir Majder – Croatian partisan and Spanish Civil War veteran
• Miroslav Navratil – fighter pilot during WWI, General during WWII
• Michael J. Novosel – hero of the Vietnam War
• Rüstem Pasha Opuković – Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• Piyale Pasha – Ottoman Grand Admiral and Vizier
• Lothar Rendulic – Austrian Colonel General during World War II
• Mathias Rukavina von Boynograd – General in the Austro-Hungarian Army
• Stjepan Sarkotić – General in the Austro-Hungarian Army
• Arsen Sečujac – General in the Habsburg Austria Army
• Tomislav Sertić – General during World War II
• Ivan L. Slavich, Jr. – United States Army colonel, military pioneer, served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
• Andrijica Šimić – legendary hajduk
• Tom Starcevich – Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross during WWII
• Ivan Tomašević – soldier and World War II General
• Tomislav – first Croatian king
• Peter Tomich (Petar Tomić) – U.S. Army and U.S. Navy
• Mijat Tomić – Croatian legendary Hajduk
• Baron Franjo Trenk – leader of Pandurs; father of military music
• Franjo Vlašić – General and Ban
• Josef Philipp Vukassovich – Habsburg commander
• Matija Zmajević – Admiral of the Baltic fleet
• Petar Zrinski – Croatian ban and conspirator
• Nikola Šubić Zrinski – Croatian ban, hero of the Battle of Szigetvár
• Nikola VII Zrinski – Croatian ban, warrior and poet

• Mehmed Alajbegović – Foreign Minister and Minister of Walfare during World War II
• Josip Broz Tito – ruler of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1980
• Dražen Budiša – politician
• Ivana Dulić-Marković – Serbian politician of Croat ethnicity; vice-president of G17 Plus; former Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and once Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
• Josip Frank – Croatian patriot politician (ethnic Jewish)
• Andrija Hebrang – Croatian communist party leader, nationally conscious (ethnic Jewish)
• Većeslav Holjevac – a president of SR Croatia in Yugoslavia and a long-time mayor of its capital Zagreb
• Josip Jelačić – soldier, former Croatian ban
• Osman Kulenović – Deputy Prime Minister NDH
• Džafer-beg Kulenović – politician in NDH
• Vladko Maček – political centrist, leader of the Croatian Peasant Party before the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia
• Nikola Mandić – Prime Minister during World II
• Ante Marković – former Yugoslav prime minister
• Stipe Mesić – President of the Republic of Croatia
• Dr. Ante Pavelić (older) – vice-president of the National assembly of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
• Ante Pavelić – Ustaša leader
• Andrej Plenković – prime minister
• Stjepan Radić – Croatian national leader in 1st half of 20th century
• Ante Starčević – "father of Croat nation"
• Milan Šufflay – historian, one of greatest albanologists
• Ante Trumbić – Croatian national leader
• Franjo Tuđman – first President of Croatia, founder of modern Croatia

People of Croatian ancestry who are high-ranked officials of other countries:

• Mark Begich – US Senator from Alaska
• James Belich – former Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand
• Cesar Bielich-Pomareda – Minister of the Navy of Peru
• Michael Bilandic – former Mayor of Chicago; former Illinois State Supreme Court Chief Justice
• Gabriel Boric – President of Chile
• Natasha Stott Despoja – Australian Democrat Senator
• Ivan Gašparovič – President of Slovakia (Croatian father)
• Cedomil Lausic Glasinovic – Chilean MIR activist, executed 1975
• Alejandro Jadresic – Chilean Energy Minister, engineer, economist; awarded the Order of Prince Trpmir of the Republic of Croatia
• John Kasich – Governor of Ohio
• Dennis Kucinich – US Representative from Ohio; former Mayor of Cleveland
• Frank Mahovlich – Canadian Senator (NHL Hall of Famer)
• Mary Matalin – US political consultant
• Josip Marohnić – founding father of Croatian Fraternal Union
• Javier Milei – President of Argentina
• John Newman – assassinated Australian politician, martyr
• Roy Nikisch – Governor of Chaco, Argentina
• Francisco Orlić Bolmarčić – former President of Costa Rica, Croat parents
• Rudy Perpich – former Governor of Minnesota
• Baldo Prokurica – former Congressman, current Senator in Chile
• Edmundo Pérez Zujovic – Chilean PDC, Minister of Finance, Interior and of Public Works, assassinated in 1971
• George Radanovich – US Representative from California
• Anisha Rosnah - Princess of the royal family of Brunei (Croat father)
• Clem Simich – Member of NZ Parliament
• Jorge Sobisch – Governor of Neuquén, Argentina
• Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic – former Chilean First Lady
• Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić – former president of Argentina (Chilean mother of Croatian descent)
• Eric Skrmetta – US politician
• Vincent Thomas – US politician
• Michael Anthony Stepovich – former Governor of Alaska
• Radomiro Tomic – former Chilean Deputy, Senator and Ambassador
• Lynne Yelich – Member of Canadian Parliament

• Ivan Ančić – theological writer
• Josip Bozanić – cardinal
• Markantun de Dominis – archbishop
• Matija Vlačić Ilirik – Protestant reformer
• Juraj Habdelić – Jesuit and writer
• Luka Ibrišimović – friar, leader of an uprising against Ottoman forces in Slavonia
• Estanislao Esteban Karlic – Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
• Bartol Kašić – Jesuit and grammarian during the Counter-Reformation
• Baltazar Adam Krčelić – historian, theologian and lawyer
• Marko Krizin (Marko Križevčanin) – saint
• Antun Mahnić – bishop
• Leopold Mandić – saint
• Ivan Merz – beatified
• Gregory of Nin – bishop
• Franciscus Patricius – philosopher and scientist
• Marija Petković – beatified nun
• Ivo Protulipac – layman
• Vinko Puljić – Cardinal Priest of the Roman Catholic Church in Sarajevo
• John of Ragusa – Cardinal
• Franjo Šeper – Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
• Alojzije Stepinac – archbishop, beatified
• Zlatko Sudac – stigmatic
• Nikola Tavelić – saint
• Miroslav Volf – Christian theologian
• Bernard Zamanja – theologist

• John Abramovic – former basketball player, played in the Basketball Association of America for Pittsburgh Ironmen, St. Louis Bombers, Baltimore Bullets and Syracuse Nationals
• Mirko Alilović – handball goalkeeper
• Mario Ančić – tennis; Davis Cup Champion
• Johnny Babich – former baseball player, played in Major League Baseball for Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Bees, and Philadelphia Athletics
• Dalibor Bagarić – former NBA player
• Ivano Balić – handball player, IHF player of the year 2003, 2006
• Zvonko Bego – football player
• Željko Bilecki – football player
• Bill Belichick – NFL Coach
• Brian Billick – NFL coach
• Gary Beban – former NFL player
• Dragan Bender (born 1997) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Pete Bercich – former NFL player
• Dražen Besek – football coach and former player
• Sandra Bezic – figure skater, choreographer and television commentator
• Val Bezic – figure skater
• Slaven Bilić – former football player, former manager of Croatian national football team and former manager of West Ham United in the Premier League
• Dražen Biškup – football coach and former player
• Djurdjica Bjedov – swimmer
• Zlatko Dalić – former football player, current manager of Croatian national football team
• Zlatan Ibrahimović – football player
• Antonio Blasevich – football player and coach
• Goran Blažević – football goalkeeper
• Miroslav Blažević – football Manager
• Zvonimir Boban – football player
• Bojan Bogdanović – basketball player in NBA
• Andrew Bogut – NBA basketball player
• Alen Bokšić – football player
• Tamara Boroš – table tennis champion
• Mark Bosnich – football goalkeeper, Premier League
• Mark Bresciano – football player (Italian father, Croat mother)
• Reid Brignac – baseball player
• Denis Buntić – handball player
• Nick Burley – boxer
• Tony Butkovich – American football player, All-American
• Pete Carroll – NFL head coach and executive vice president
• Joseph Cattarinich – NHL Hall of Famer
• George Chuvalo – heavyweight boxer
• Branko Cikatić – First K-1 Grand Prix Winner (kickboxing)
• Marin Čilić – No. 1 Junior in the World (tennis) and US Open champion
• Ann Cindric – baseball player
• Vedran Ćorluka – football player
• Krešimir Ćosić – member of the basketball Hall of Famer
• Fred Couples – golfer (former World number 1)
• Helen Crlenkovich – athlete
• Dario Cvitanich – football player, Ajax
• Ivona Dadic – Austrian track and field athlete
• Nick Dasovic – football player and coach
• Paul Diamond – professional wrestler, soccer player
• David Diehl – NFL player
• Nicholas Drazenovic – ice hockey player
• Stipe Drews – boxing champion
• Domagoj Duvnjak – handball player
• Marina Erakovic – tennis player, New Zealand
• Abby Erceg – football player, New Zealand
• Eddie Erdelatz – American football player
• Elvis Fatović – former water polo player and coach, European and World medalist
• Mirko Filipović (Cro Cop) – mixed martial artist and kickboxer; K-1
• Jonathan Filewich – ice hockey player
• Mark Fistric – ice hockey player
• Dražen Funtak – sprint canoer
• Gary Gabelich – American automobile-racing driver
• Ray Gabelich – Australian Rules footballer
• Gabre Gabric – track and field athlete
• Gino Gardassanich – football player
• Gordan Giriček – former NBA player
• Mike Golic – co-host of ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike in the Morning; former NFL player
• Kara Goucher – long-distance runner
• Elvis Grbac – NFL player
• Great Antonio – strongman
• Visco Grgich – former NFL player
• Bobby Grich – former MLB player
• Tom Haller – MLB baseball player
• Justin Hamilton – basketball player
• Travis Hamonic – ice hockey player
• John Havlicek – basketball player
• John Hecimovic – ice hockey player
• Frankie Hejduk – football player, MLS
• Mario Hezonja – basketball player, NBA
• Zvonimir Boban – football player
• Robert Jarni – football player
• Saša Hiršzon (born 1972) – tennis player
• Ico Hitrec – football player
• Hrvoje Horvat – handball player
• Les Horvath – former NFL player
• Tony Hrkac – ice hockey player
• Dick Hrstich – New Zealand wrestler
• Goran Ivanišević – tennis player; Wimbledon Champion; two Olympic bronze medals, 1992
• Andreas Ivanschitz – football player
• Robert Jarni – former football player
• Nikica Jelavić – former football player
• Ana Jelušić – skier
• Dražan Jerković – football player (top scorer WC 1962 and EURO 1960)
• Ed Jurak – baseball player
• Al Jurisich – baseball player
• Igor Jurković – kickboxer
• John Jurkovic – NFL player
• Tvrtko Kale – football player, goalkeeper (Hapoel Haifa)^[3]
• Ivo Karlović – tennis player
• Mario Kasun – former NBA player, Orlando Magic
• Siniša Kelečević (born 1970) – basketball player
• Ivan Klasnić – former football player
• Marko Kopljar – handball player
• Ante Kostelić – Alpine skiing coach
• Ivica Kostelić – Alpine Skiing Slalom World Cup Champion (three Olympic silvers)
• Janica Kostelić – A.S. World Cup Champion in 2001, 2003 & 2006 (four Olympic golds, two silvers)
• Dan Kordic – ice hockey player
• John Kordic – ice hockey player
• Robert Kovač – football player
• Niko Kovač –former football player current manager of Wfl Wolfsburg
• Mario Kovačević – football coach and former player
• Niko Kranjčar – former football player
• Mike Kreevich – baseball player
• Toni Kukoč – NBA player (NBA Sixth Man of the Year 1995–96)
• Blaženko Lacković – handball player
• Dražen Ladić – former football goalkeeper
• Stefan Leko – kickboxer
• Curt Leskanic – former MLB pitcher
• Matija Ljubek – kayaker
• Ivan Ljubičić – former tennis player; Davis Cup Champion (#3)
• Johnny Logan – baseball player
• Mickey Lolich – baseball player
• Venio Losert – handball goalkeeper
• Steve Lubratich – baseball player
• Dan Luger – rugby union player
• Frank Mahovlich – NHL Hall of Famer (1958 Calder Trophy winner)
• Pete Mahovlich – NHL player
• Iva Majoli – Roland Garros Champion
• Tony Mandarich – American football player
• John Mandic – NBA player
• Mario Mandžukić – former football player
• Todd Marinovich – former NFL player
• Marv Marinovich – former NFL player
• Vic Markov – American football player
• Roger Maris – baseball player, MLB
• Željko Mavrović – former European boxing champion
• John Mayasich – former hockey player
• Catfish Metkovich – baseball player
• Petar Metličić – handball player
• Siniša Mihajlović – (mother's side family) football player
• Marcello Mihalich – football player
• George Mikan (Mr. Basketball) – NBA (Basketball Hall of Fame)
• Pat Miletich – UFC mixed martial artist
• Stipe Miocic – UFC mixed martial artist
• Luka Modrić – football player, plays for Real Madrid C.F.
• Sofía Mulánovich – surfer
• Dražen Mužinić – football player
• Zdravko Miljak – handball player
• Rob Ninkovich – American football player
• Frank Nobilo – NZ golfer
• Mirjana Ognjenović – former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player
• Phil Oreskovic – ice hockey player
• Victor Oreskovich – ice hockey player
• Erv Palica – former MLB pitcher
• Mate Parlov – boxing champion
• Mark Pavelich – ice hockey, NHL
• Marty Pavelich – ice hockey, NHL
• Matt Pavelich – ice hockey, NHL official
• Snježana Pejčić – shooting player
• Sandra Perković – discus thrower
• Nikolaj Pešalov – Olympic gold medal winner in weightlifting
• Johnny Pesky – baseball player, manager and coach
• Dražen Petrović – NBA Hall of Famer
• Zoran Planinić – former NBA player
• Dan Plesac – former MLB pitcher
• Diana Prazak – professional boxer
• Robert Prosinečki – football player
• Joel Prpic – ice hockey player
• Dado Pršo – football player
• Braslav Rabar – chess player
• Dino Rađa – former NBA star
• Paul Radisich – racing driver
• Nikola Radulović – basketball player
• Ivan Rakitić – footballer, plays for FC Barcelona
• Ante Razov – football player
• Jules Rykovich – former NFL player
• Borna Rendulić – NHL player
• Vedran Runje – former football goalkeeper
• Lou Saban – NFL coach
• Nick Saban – college football coach
• Spider Sabich – alpine skier
• Vladimir Sabich – American skier murdered by girlfriend Claudine Longet
• Brian Sakic – NHL player
• Joe Sakic – NHL player (2001 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner)
• Dario Šarić (Super Dario) – NBA player with the Philadelphia 76ers
• Cory Sarich – ice hockey player
• Buzz Schneider – ice hockey player
• Branko Šegota – football player
• Frank Sinkwich – American football player and awarded the Heisman Trophy
• Elvis Sinosic (King of Rock N Rumble) – mixed martial artist, UFC
• Paul Skansi – American football player
• Nick Skorich – American football player and coach
• Matt Skrmetta – baseball player
• Paul Spoljaric – baseball player
• Josef Spudich – American football player
• Darijo Srna – football player
• Max Starcevich – All-American football guard
• Steve Stipanovich – former NBA player, No.2 pick in 1983 NBA Draft
• Dominik Straga – swimmer
• Dario Šimić – football player
• Davor Šuker – football player (best scorer of the 1998 WC most goals winner of golden shoe in 98 WC with six goals)
• Bruno Šundov – former NBA player
• Žan Tabak – former NBA player
• Marko Tomas – basketball player
• Rudy Tomjanovich – former NBA player and coach
• Andy Tonkovich – first NBA pick in 1948
• Igor Tudor – football player
• The Great Antonio – strongman and eccentric
• Roko Ukić – NBA player
• Auggie Vidovich – NASCAR driver
• Mark Viduka – football player, Premier League
• Blanka Vlašić – high jumper
• Marc-Édouard Vlasic – ice hockey player
• Antonio Vojak – football player
• Oliviero Vojak – football player
• Nikolai Volkoff – WWE Hall of Famer, born Josip Peruzović
• Danny Vranes – basketball player
• Stojko Vranković – former NBA player
• Nikola Vujčić (born 1978) – basketball player and team manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv
• Bernard Vukas – football player
• Vladimir Vuković – chess player
• Božo Vuletić – Olympic water polo gold medalist
• Wesna – professional wrestler
• Slaven Zambata – football player
• Fritzie Zivic (The Croat Comet) – former World Welterweight Champion
• Chris Zorich – former NFL player
• Zdravko Zovko – handball player
• Bob Zupcic – baseball player
• Ante Žižić (born 1997) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Mario Andretti – racing driver, born in Motovun